hAra
1 -hāra , v.l. -hāna ( Senart reads -hāra and in his note compares muktā-hāra; to me the word seems dubious; one of the two mss. reads -hāna each time, but this also seems difficult), clump, mass, thicket , of reeds or the like; parallel with gahana: (vanagulmeṣu ca vanagahaneṣu ca) śara-hāreṣu ca naḍaka-hāreṣu ca kaṇṭaka-hāreṣu ca praviśitvā maranti Mv i.359.23 ; naḍagahaneṣu śara-hāreṣu ca kāśa-hāreṣu ca praviśiya maranti 361.5 .
2 -hāra , f. -hārī ( m. ifc. , in Skt. , BR , carrying etc. ); expressing purpose, udakahārā gamiṣyāmo Mv iii.427.9 , we will go and fetch water (also in Skt. , BR s.v. udahāra, Daśak. ); f. udakahārīyo, n. pl. , female water-carriers , Mv ii.110.14 ; acc. adv. , as ger. , śāli-hāraṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ Mv i.343.8, 13 , [Page619-b] letʼs go rice-gathering (to gather rice) , and others, § 35.4 ; see next, -hāri, ojo-hāra .